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By The River

Title: By The River

Author: Jennie Hansen

Pages: 221

Year: 2015

Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.

This story begins with a chilling
discovery by the main character, Kira Paxton, while she is out jogging. Then everything seems to spiral out of
control. She becomes the target of an
unknown shooter while getting into her car in the mall parking lot. Her home is vandalized. She receives a phone call threatening her
life. More happens in the story, but she
resists moving back in with her wealthy father who is overly protective to say
the least. She is 24 years old, but she
thinks her father still sees her as a little girl. She also has to deal with an over-protective
brother as well. She gets saddled with
her brother’s dog, Jasper, more often than she would like and he tends to chew
up her shoes with great frequency.

Ford Kettering is out jogging when
he hears a woman screaming. He races to
her rescue. Ford and Kira soon form a
friendship, but is Ford the nice guy he appears to be? He soon becomes a suspect of the local police
detective investigating a homicide case as the victim is one of the students
from his high school where he is a teacher.
As Kira and Ford’s relationship blossoms, the threats to Kira grow as
well. Can the culprit be discovered
before it is too late?

The book had some really great
tension-filled moments and I liked Ford’s character. In my opinion, there were a few too many
scenes with Jasper as well as her dealings with her overprotective brother and
father. After everything that Kira
endured, I thought the big reveal at the end was a bit of a let-down. The story has no cursing and lots of
suspense. There is some LDS content, but
nothing preachy.

My rating is 4 stars.

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